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🧵THREAD: Dons lacking battlers⚔️ – how this Aberdeen side tracks in terms of key duel metrics in the league this season (spoiler - not very well)
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Remarkable scenes at the Ali Sami Yen stadium.
Hansi Flick can’t come at his press conference after the Galatasaray game because he is locked behind this door and nobody can find the key.
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This was my “favourite” sham of the lot. A fake CEO using a stock photo. 4yrs ago. Incredible.
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Aremu and NGW are some of the standouts through the opening 7 games. A lot was made about our lack of duel-winning last season. Both players sit inside the top-10 on duels won in the league so far. No player has won more tackles than Aremu.
Solid start!
Molloy and Knoester very solid again today. Another encouraging display from Marshall, love his running power and ability to shift past players in tight spaces. Good balance in midfield with him and Ronan in front of Aremu. 7 tackles and 15 duels won by the Nigerian, incredible!
Feels like 2 points dropped after gifting the hosts a *very* soft penalty but some signs of progress.
Given our recent away record, 4 points on the road this week is a step in the right direction. A lack of quality on show but Aremu was comfortably the best player on the park
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Whilst I agree we aren’t exactly fluid in possession, the stats from Tuesday are very much driven by game state. Having a 2 goal advantage for effectively the entire 2nd half means there is no impetus to open up. Sacrificed possession and exploited the space in behind Motherwell
Plenty of evidence from the later stages of the second half that this Motherwell side don’t look comfortable when you get after them. Afforded the hosts too much respect in the opening half hour, but really started to come into the game when we were braver out of possesion
I said this at HT when we started to see the team defend with more bravery. Midfielders and wing backs jumping with the press. Engaging players higher up rather than being pinned back like in the opening 30 minutes. Findlay Marshall in particular was terrific out of possession
What a result! A much needed away
win, the foundations of which were an outstanding collective performance out of possession. Defended aggressively on the front foot and really got after Motherwell who didn’t look comfortable. Clinical finishing put the Steelmen to the sword
And on cue the Dons have a second immediately after the break from winning the ball high in the Motherwell half!
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Audacious doesn't cover.
Robinson would have made him walk back from Kilmarnock had he missed mind.
